Starswirl origins? Possibly. Multigen

[ManaMinori 4,145]

Since the fact remains that we know very little about Starswirl before the founding of Equestria in the g4 universe, I have speculated on his origins and provided a theory that dips into other MLP generations, which I think is appropriate, if they're all connected.

 

Stardust and Moondust are the colt and filly twins of g1 Princess Moondust. They are enamored with magic due to watching their mother usher in the night, and their aunt Sunbeam bring the day. As Stardust grows up, she battles with insecurities and depression over her race as an earth pony, believing herself to be inadequate in the shadow of the one pony everyone else looks up to- Queen Majesty, a unicorn. Hiding this fact from her mother, Stardust goes to Twinklestar the Wishmaker to ask to be transformed into a unicorn. After turning down her request many times, Twinklestar eventually gives in and grants the wish. When confronted by her daughter afterward, Princess Moondust is horrified and deeply saddened. In attempt to regain her mom’s affections and admiration, Stardust pores over magic studies like never before; often times locking herself away in the library for days with little food or rest.

 

Eventually, her mind begins to become corrupted, harboring resentment for her brother, Moondust, who she believes to be stealing their mom’s affections exclusively along with doubt of her own worth due to being what she suspects is a weaker sex, in spite of her magical prowess. She, at first, concocts a vile scheme to permanently eradicate her brother one night, under cover of darkness so that she’ll no longer feel the need to compete for their mother’s attention, but loses the nerve and runs away into the night.

 

She wanders within the Magic Rainbow forest for many moons until she winds up winning into an ethereal pony who introduces himself as Star Swirl, the brother of Silver Swirl (Majesty's royal advisor). Stardust stays with him for a while, and eventually comes to focus so much on her doubts and discouragement with herself and what she believes to be the loss of attention from her mother, that she grows to realize that she’d be better off as a stallion, and she wishes for it under a rare moonbeam while in the magical forest. Though the process of switching genders was relatively prompt, as she woke up the next morning to find herself as a male, the emotional effects, he found, still remained and took a lot longer to get used to. Star Swirl, after having practically adopted him at this point, renames Stardust ‘Starswirl’, then later (teasingly) adorning him with the title ‘the bearded’, once he begins to grow a bit of hair on his chin’- a name that stuck. Much later, Starswirl becomes the greatest unicorn in recorded history and serves at the tutor to Queen Majesty’s young daughters, Celestia and Luna.

 

 

Stardust and Moondust are baby ponies of g2

Princess Moondust and Princess Sunbeam are g1 ponies

Twinklestar is a g2 pony

(Magic) Star Swirl and Silver Swirl are g2 ponies

Queen Majesty is a g1 pony

 

Edited June 3, 2018 by Nightmare Muffin

[WestJ 5]

Any chance you can stretch that paragraph out a bit? Needs some spacing between the lines. I can't read it properly :S

[EpicEnergy 23,222]

Starswirl's origin remains unknown, so that theory is possible.